{"id":49313,"date":"2025-09-18T14:41:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T18:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=49313"},"modified":"2025-09-25T16:43:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T20:43:51","slug":"nvidia-buys-5b-in-intel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/18\/nvidia-buys-5b-in-intel\/","title":{"rendered":"Nvidia Buys $5B in Intel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/pc-components\/cpus\/nvidia-and-intel-announce-jointly-developed-intel-x86-rtx-socs-for-pcs-with-nvidia-graphics-also-custom-nvidia-data-center-x86-processors-nvidia-buys-usd5-billion-in-intel-stock-in-seismic-deal\">Paul Alcorn<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/news.ycombinator.com\/item?id=45288161\">Hacker News<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/pc-components\/cpus\/nvidia-and-intel-announce-jointly-developed-intel-x86-rtx-socs-for-pcs-with-nvidia-graphics-also-custom-nvidia-data-center-x86-processors-nvidia-buys-usd5-billion-in-intel-stock-in-seismic-deal\"><p>In a surprise announcement that finds two long-time rivals working together, Nvidia and Intel announced today that the companies will jointly develop multiple new generations of x86 products together &mdash; a seismic shift with profound implications for the entire world of technology. Before the news broke, Tom&rsquo;s Hardware spoke with Nvidia representatives to learn more details about the company&rsquo;s plans.<\/p><p>The products include x86 Intel CPUs tightly fused with an Nvidia RTX graphics chiplet for the consumer gaming PC market, named the &lsquo;Intel x86 RTX SOCs.&rsquo; Nvidia will also have Intel build custom x86 data center CPUs for its AI products for hyperscale and enterprise customers. Additionally, Nvidia will buy $5 billion in Intel common stock at $23.28 per share, representing a roughly 5% ownership stake in Intel.<\/p><p>[&#8230;]<\/p><p>Nvidia emphasized that the companies are committed to multi-generation roadmaps for the co-developed products, which represents a strong investment in the x86 ecosystem. But representatives tells us it also remains fully committed to other announced product roadmaps and architectures, including the company&rsquo;s Arm-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/pc-components\/gpus\/nvidias-project-digits-desktop-ai-supercomputer-fits-in-the-palm-of-your-hand-usd3-000-to-bring-1-pflops-of-performance-home\">GB10 Grace Blackwell processors for workstations<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/news\/nvidia-unveils-144-core-grace-cpu-superchip-claims-arm-chip-15x-faster-than-amds-epyc-rome\">Nvidia Grace<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/news\/nvidia-details-grace-hopper-cpu-superchip-design-144-cores-on-4n-tsmc-process\">CPUs for data centers<\/a>, as well as the next-gen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/tech-industry\/artificial-intelligence\/nvidias-rubin-gpu-and-vera-cpu-data-center-ai-platforms-begin-tape-out-both-chips-in-fab-and-on-track-for-2026\">Vera CPUs<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/25\/us-government-takes-10-stake-in-intel\/\">US Government Takes 10% Stake in Intel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/10\/nvidias-market-cap\/\">Nvidia&rsquo;s Market Cap<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"nvidia-buys-5b-in-intel-update-2025-09-25\">Update (<a href=\"#nvidia-buys-5b-in-intel-update-2025-09-25\">2025-09-25<\/a>): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/09\/24\/technology\/intel-apple-talks-investment.html\">Lauren Hirsch and Tripp Mickle<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/09\/24\/technology\/intel-apple-talks-investment.html\">\n<p>Intel, the embattled chipmaker, has talked with Apple about investing in its business as it tries to improve its financial standing.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The conversations are part of a furious effort by Intel to raise cash and find customers for its ailing business.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Alcorn (via Hacker News): In a surprise announcement that finds two long-time rivals working together, Nvidia and Intel announced today that the companies will jointly develop multiple new generations of x86 products together &mdash; a seismic shift with profound implications for the entire world of technology. Before the news broke, Tom&rsquo;s Hardware spoke with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2025-09-18T18:41:42Z","apple_news_api_id":"3203d04b-8959-40ed-9479-27aeb447b174","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2025-09-25T20:43:54Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AMgPQS4lZQO2UeSeutEexdA","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[38,101,261,1894,260],"class_list":["post-49313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-business","tag-intel","tag-nvidia","tag-processors"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49313"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49370,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49313\/revisions\/49370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}